Parkinson promised to make the Smart case a top priority upon first assuming office in 2011, according to Stan and Denise Smart.
“His interest and his unique ability to tell his story have been responsible for generating unimaginable new attention to Kristin,” according to the statement. “Thank you to everyone who have helped us with our quest for justice.”
Lambert on Tuesday wrote his own poignant post on the podcast’s Instagram page, @yourownbackyardpodcast:
“Kristin - I never knew you, but I have come as close as I can through the people who love you,” he wrote. “I know you would be impressed to see how strong your parents have remained, never giving up on you.”
IN THE LINE OF DUTY SLO Police Detective Luca Benedetti (right), 37, was killed on May 10 in an officer-involved shooting. Detective Steve Orozco was injured, but is expected to make a full recovery. Caroline Wichman of San Jose said she tried to warn San Luis Obispo city authorities about the declining mental state of her 35-year-old son, Edward Eddie Zamora Giron II. After losing two jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, Giron fell into isolation and started exhibiting worsening signs of a serious mental illness, she said. In late 2020, Giron disappeared to Mexico for three weeks, which deeply worried the family. It was his erratic behavior when he returned to SLO, though, that worried them even more.
Alleged cop killer suffered mental illness after losing job, mother says
May 13, 2021
Edward Zamora Giron
The San Luis Obispo man who shot and killed one police detective and wounded another suffered from mental illness in the aftermath of losing his job at the rock climbing gym he allegedly burglarized hours prior to the fatal shooting. [KSBY]
Early Monday morning, Edward Zamora Giron allegedly broke into The Pad Climbing in San Luis Obispo and stole undisclosed items. Giron lost his job at The Pad Climbing after coronavirus closures took effect last year, his mother said.
Shortly before 5 p.m. Monday, six officers attempted to serve a search warrant at Giron’s apartment on Camellia Court. The search warrant related to a spree of commercial burglaries, according to local law enforcement.
For the first time in more than two decades, arrests and clues about what may have happened to the college student who disappeared in 1996, and whose remains have not been found.